Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-01
The Natural Home of the Orange, the Lemon
and the Olive.
SOME FACTS OF GREAT INTEREST TO HOME SEEKERS.
of Resources and Wonderful Fertility Awaiting
DeveIopment-A Winterless Climate Giving Perpetual
Bloom and Sunshine-The Garden Spot of
California and the World.

I is underlaid by liny hard-pan at depths OF
! from one TO several feet Butte was not
| one of the earliest farming localities in the
State, its adobe lands at first not being re-
| garded with much favor by agriculturalists.
| Ii was originally mining section, and its
| hills yield nearly a million dollars in gold
| annually. 1t is also noted for its diamonds,
which have been discovered IN several por-
| tons of the county. As soon as the real
, value of its broad acres for agricultural
purposes became known, the county re-
| ceived a large influx of farmers, and IN con-
sequence land rose rapidly in price.
| But it is not in the fertility of her grain
| lands alone that the real wealth of Butte
lies. She has large lower foothill sec
ton, whose capabilities for horticulture
ing famous. They produce remarkable
crops of fruit, and the coming years will
See them peopled by communities of
HoRTIcULTURIsTs ENJOYING ABUNDANT sue
CESS.
The country in the vicinity of Oroville is
blest with the finest climate on the coast.
Here is the natural home of the orange
and the citrus fruits raised in this
vicinity will prove superior to those raised
in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside or
San Gabriel. Although the raising of
oranges has not been made specially in
that section, there are number of most
hourishing groves, in which oranges of the
most superb quality, both as to size, flavor
and beauty, abound. The fruit, moreover,
ripens from month to ten weeks earlier
than it does at Riverside and in other parts
of southern California.
LEMONS ARE SUCCESSFULLY GROWN
Here, and all fruits reach perfection in
these foothills. Outside of the wheat
growing sections land is not yet held at
high figures, and persons of modest means
can in this county secure tract of land
suitable for farming on a small scale and
Embarrassing.
The foothills are trayersed by large
number of mining bitches, which
will in the future be utilized for irrigation,
thereby making productive some lands
which may be otherwise lacking in fertility.
Many of the immigrants that have come
to California within the past two years
have settled in Butte, and are laying
the foundation for happy homes and
lives Of prosperity.
The principal towns are Chico Oro-
vile, Biggs Nord, Cherokee, Nelson, e
Dayton and Durham. Chico is the e
most important town of the county, -
having a population of nearly 5000. -
Oroville is the terminus of the Cali
fornia Northern Railway, which runs -
south to Marysyille. The California
and Oregon Railroad runs through -
the western portion of the county. -
In writing up brief sketch of Butte
county it is impossible to convey an
idea of its immense value as fruit
producing section. The foothills, as e
above indicated, are long, level slopes, -
the temperature of which through
out the year is subject to no great
change and all kinds of citrus and Ga
deciduous fruits ripen to perfection. 70
The foothills and the valley that ~
skirts their base are covered with
gigantic and wide-spreading species
Of oak which only is to be found in *
deep rich soil. Without going into * *
specific detail, suffice it to say that h
Butte county has no superior in CHI zAsg
matte and soil advantages for fruit sssS
culture of all kinds and varieties. -